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Thursday, July 9

DRs for Pencil and Children's Homework

It's with much joy I bring this beautiful TS2 mesh to the new game. Sunni over at Plumb Bob Keep made this into a DR for the pencil in TS2 from a decorative set created by Cynnix, and it's one of the things I want to keep.

In testing I discovered I couldn't live with the default homework I so attempted to create a new texture using an old bookcase from TSM. The texture is tiny and I found it quite difficult to work with (I really don't like recolouring) but it suits my purposes. Also, in the inventory the homework retains its old colour but looks fine out in the world.

Regarding the quill, you will find that when kids (do any other sims use the pencil? I haven't seen it) go to chew on their quill, as if it were a pencil, it will go through their head. In testing I found they only do this once when they sit and do their homework beginning to end. I think it's a small price to pay for such a beautiful mesh.

The font is too small to read, the original is just grey lines, but there's a wee Pratchett line there from Reaper Man.